Virginia Biographical Sketches


NOTE: P.A.C.S is the abbreviation for Provisional Army of the Confederate States.

Connor, Gen. Patrick Edward
Cooke, Gen. Phillip St. George
Doty, James Duane
Harding, Stephen S.
Jenkins, Brig. Gen. Albert Gallatin
Kinney, John F.



Anderson, Joseph Reid, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S. -- Manager, Tredegar Iron Works.
Armistead, Lewis Addison, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.

  1. Armistead Marker Preservation Committee


Ashby, Turner, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
August, Thomas P., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia, Colonel, Office of Conscription
Baldwin, John B., Member of CS Congress
Banks, Robert A., Major General, Virginia Militia
Barton, Seth Maxwell, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Beale, Richard L. T., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Beckley, Alfred, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Blow, George, Jr., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Bocock, Thomas S., Member of CS Congress
Boggs, James, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Boteler, Alexander Robinson., Member of CS Congress
Bowen, Reese Tate, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Brockenbrough, John W., Member of CS Congress
Campbell, John A., Assistant Secretary of War
Caperton, Allen T., Member of CS Senate
Carson, James H., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia.
Chambliss, John Randolph, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S./Member of C.S. Congress.
Chapman, Augustus Alexandria, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Chilton, Robert Hall, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Clay, Oden Green, Major General, Virginia Militia.
Cocke, Philip St. George, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Coleman, C. G., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Collier, Charles F., Member of CS Congress
Colston, Raleigh Edward, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Conrad, C. B., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Cooper, Samuel, General, P.A.C.S.
Corse, Montgomery Dent, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Dearing, James, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
DeJarnette, Daniel C., Member of CS Congress
deLagnel, Julius Adolphus, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S. (declined)
Dillard, Hughes, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Dillard, Terisha W., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Dimmock, Charles, Brigadier General, Virgina Forces (Chief of Ordnance) - Public Guard.
Early, Jubal Anderson, Lieutenant General, P.A.C.S.
Echols, John, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Ewell, Richard Stoddert, Lieutenant General, P.A.C.S.
Another R. S. Ewell Bio
Fairfax, Buckner, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Fauntleroy, Thomas T., Brigadier General, Virginia Forces
Field, Charles William, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Floyd, John Buchanan, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Funsten, David, Member of CS Congress
Garland, Samuel, Jr., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Garnett, Muscoe R. H., Member of CS Congress
Garnett, Richard Brooke, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Garnett, Robert Selden, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.

Gholson, Thomas S., Member of CS Congress
Goode, John, Jr., Member of CS Congress
Gordon, William F., Major General, Virginia Militia
Hairston, Peter, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Harman, William Henry, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Harper, Kenton, Major General, Virginia Militia
Harris, David Bullock, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Haymond, Thomas Sherwood, Major General, Virginia Militia
Heth, Henry, Major General, P.A.C.S.
Hill, Ambrose Powell, Lieutenant General, P.A.C.S.
Another A. P. Hill Biography
Holcombe, James P., Member of CS Congress
Holliday, Frederick W. M., Member of CS Congress
Humes, William Younger Conn, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Hunter, Robert M. T., Member of CS Congress, CS Senate, CS Secretary of State
Hunton, Eppa, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Imboden, John Daniel, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Jackson, John J., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, "Stonewall" Lieutenant General, P.A.C.S.
Jackson, William Lowther, "Mudwall", Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Jenifer, Walter Hanson, Colonel (Commanded Brigade).
Jenkins, Albert Gallatin, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S., Member of C.S. Congress

  1. Another Albert G. Jenkins Article Journal of West Virginia History


Johnson, Edward, Major General, P.A.C.S.
Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, General, P.A.C.S.
Another Joseph E. Johnston Biography Site
Johnston, Robert, Member of CS Congress
Jones, John Marshall, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Jones, John R., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Jones, Samuel, Major General, P.A.C.S.
Jones, William Edmondson (Grumble), Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Jordan, Thomas, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Kean, Robert G. H., Colonel, Chief of the Bureau of War, CS War Department
Kemper, James Lawson, Major General, P.A.C.S.
Lane, James Henry, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Layne, Douglas B., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Lee, Edwin G., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S. (not confirmed).
Lee, Fitzhugh, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Lee, George Washington Custis, Major General, P.A.C.S.
Lee, Robert Edward, General, P.A.C.S.
Another R. E. Lee Biography site
Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh "Rooney", Major General, P.A.C.S.
Letcher, John, Governor
Lilley, Robert Doak, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Lomax, Lunsford Lindsay, Major General, P.A.C.S.
Long, Armistead Lindsay, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Lyons, James, Member of CS Congress
MacFarland, W. H., Member of CS Congress
Magruder, John Bankhead, Major General, P.A.C.S.
Mahone, William, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Mason, James Murray, Member of CS Congress
Maury, Dabney Herndon, Major General, P.A.C.S.
McCausland, John, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.

  1. John McCausland


McMullen, Fayette, Member of CS Congress
Meem, Gilbert Simrall, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Miller, Samuel A., Member of CS Congress
Millson, John S., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Montague, Robert L., Member of CS Congress
Moore, Alfred Cleon, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Moore, Patrick T., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Morton, Richard, Superintendant of Niter and Mining Bureau
Mosby, John Singleton, Colonel, Partisan Ranger leader.
Munford, Thomas Taylor, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Page, Richard L., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Paxton, Elisha Franklin, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Payne, William Henry Fitzhugh, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Pegram, John, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Pendleton, William Nelson, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S. -- Chief of Artillery, ANV.
Pickett, George Edward, Major General, P.A.C.S.
Preston, John Smith, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S., Superintendent of Conscription
Preston, R. C., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Preston, Walter, Member of CS Congress
Preston, William Ballard, Member of CS Congress, CS Senate
Price, Bushrod W., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Pryor, Roger Atkinson, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S., Member of C.S. Congress
Randolph, George Wythe, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S., Secretary of War
Reynolds, Alexander Welch, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Richardson, John Harvie, Colonel, Virginia Militia
Richardson, William Harvey, The Adjutant General of Virginia
Richmond, Jonathan, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Rives, Alferd L., Colonel, Chief of Engineer Bureau
Rives, William C., Member of CS Congress
Robertson, Beverly Holcombe, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Rogers, Asa, Major General, Virginia Militia
Rosser, Thomas Lafeyette, Major General, P.A.C.S.
Ruggles, Daniel, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Russell, Charles W., Member of CS Congress
Scott, Robert E., Member of CS Congress
Scott, William Campbell, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Seddon, James C., Member of CS Congress, Secretary of War
Semmes, Raphel, Admiral, C.S. Navy
Shands, William Briggs, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Slaughter, James E., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Slidell, John Confederate diplomat
Smith, William "Extra Billy", Major General, P.A.C.S., C.S. Congress, Governor
Smith, William E., Member of CS Congress
Staples, Waller R., Member of CS Congress
Starke, William E., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Stevens, Walter Husted, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Stevenson, Carter Littlepage, Major General, P.A.C.S.
Stuart, James Ewell Brown, Major General, P.A.C.S. Another JEB Stuart Page
Taliaferro, William Booth, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Terrill, James Barbour, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Terry, William, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Terry, William Richard, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S. Congressional Biography
Thomas, George H., Major General, U.S. Army
John Randolph Tucker,Commodore, C.S. Navy
Tyler, John, Member of CS Congress (former President of the United States)
Vaughn, John C., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S. (OK, he was from Tennessee but he was born in Grayson County, Virginia)
Walker, Henry Harrison, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Walker, James Alexander, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Walker, Reuben Lindsay, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Weisiger, David Addison, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
West, Mitchell, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
Wharton, Gabriel Colvin, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
Whitfield, Robert H., Member of CS Congress
Wickham, Williams Carter, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S., Member of CS Congress
Wise, Henry Alexander, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S. Congressional Biography
Wright, Robert L., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia


Other biographical sites of interest



Additional links or information would be appreciated

  1. List of United States Officers Who Joined the Confederate States Army
  2. Mabrys/Mayberrys in the Civil War
  3. West Virginia Civil War Soldiers Database
  4. Generals on the Web
    The Political Graveyard - Virginia Offices
    The Political Graveyard Main Page


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